New Kits, a Queen and a Warrior

Petalstar, I need the pictures for your kits so I can add them to the join page. :D


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As Ripplestep, Aspentail, Blackash and Rockmelt padded through the forest in search of catmint and other herbs that would help fight the white cough that was sweeping through the camp, their ears twitched  as faint yowls echoed in the forest.
"Did you hear that?" Aspentail asked the rest of the group, turning around to see which direction the sound was coming from.
Ripplestep nodded. "I think there are rouges on our territory. We should help them, I don't like the sound of those yowls..."
"I think the sounds are coming from over there," Blackash said, his tal pointing in the direction of where the clearing in the forest was.
"I think so too," Rockmelt concurred, looking at the mass of trees that lead to the clearing. "Should we go check it out?"
"I think we should," the gray medicine cat replied. "Even if they're loners, we should help any cat that's in trouble. Isn't that on the warrior code?"
"Yeah, let's go," Aspentail said, already padding forward towards the clearing.

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When the four cats reached the clearing, they saw a fully-grown tom, a queen and two kits.
"Are any of you hurt?" Ripplestep said, stepping forward to give each cat a sniff.
"No," replied the tom, eying the medicine cat. "But my mate is about to kit. We found these two on our way here."
Aspentail looked at the group of cats. "Well, we'll take you all to our camp," she said. "A sickness has been spreading, but we're collecting herbs to heal the sick cats right now. It's safe there, and if you want to, you can join our clan. You don't have to, you can just stay until your kits are big enough. But we'll take in these two," she said, looking sideways at the two kits.
The queen shook her head. "I don't think I can take being a rouge anymore. If it's OK with my mate, I'd like to join your 'clan'."
Blackash smiled. "That's great!"
The tom thought for a moment. "I'd do anything for my mate," he said. "We'll join you're clan."



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The now group of eight cats padded back into the HawkClan camp, carrying enough catmint for (hopefully) all of the sick cats. Moonstar stepped forward to greet them. "Who are these?" the leader asked, eying the four newcomers. "We found them in the forest," Ripplestep explained. "The queen is about to kit, and they want to join our clan."
"I see," Moonstar said, then smiled at the new cats. "Welcome to HawkClan," she said. "I'm the leader of this clan, Moonstar. You'll probably want to get settled in the nursery first; I'll call over another queen to show you there. Starshine!" The small black and white cat looked at the entrance of the nursery, waiting for the queen to emerge. "Please show these cats into the nursery," she said. "They're going to join Hawkclan."
Smiling again as the cats started to follow Starshine in the nursery, Moonstar said, "I'll give you all a proper tour and ceremony tomorrow, when things will hopefully be less hectic. But for now, I must tend to my clan. What are your names?"
"I'm Lion," the tom said. "My mate is Thunder and the two kits are called Poppy and Sorrel."
Moonstar nodded. "You will be called Lionfang, and Thunder will be Thunderscar. Of course, the kits will be Poppykit and Sorrelkit. I'll make an announcement as soon as I can so that the other cats will know this as well. I hope you find our clan appealing."

And with those words, the leader padded off to the medicine cat's den with Ripplestep, eyes full of worry for her sick clanmates.

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So that's it for this post! I ended up not changing the URL for HawkClan because it cause trouble for me as well...yeah. Have fun commenting!